THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE 2013 BROAD APPETIT FOOD FESTIVAL! 
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2014 FOR MORE FINE LOCAL GRUB. UNTIL THEN, EAT WELL AND VISIT OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS OFTEN!

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welcome to the event where food & art intersect!

You've waited all year for the return of Broad Appétit and we are excited to once again feature the best local restaurants our fine city has to offer - and all at $3 a plate! Bring your appetite and cash and plan on grazing your way down Broad Street. There will be plenty of Virginia wines and beers to wash down the delicious offerings with, as well as great vendors to visit and music to please your ears. Remember your re-usable shopping bag and gather up your favorite in-season produce from local farmers and food providers. Check out the What's On the Menu link to see who's coming! 

Broad Appétit's Mission 
The mission of Broad Appétit is to provide an affordable and enjoyable local food festival in that is locally driven and regionally appealing. Broad Appétit exists to promote the amazing food, art, and music that makes Richmond a great place to live and visit. Broad Appétit is hosted by Downtown Neighborhood Association and benefits FeedMore.

Highlights for 2013!

• Stop by the Bon Secours booth for free blood pressure screenings and giveaways throughout the day.
• BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR! Broad Appétit is excited to offer all Virginia beers and a sampling program that lets you TASTE THE LOCAL! You can purchase a sampling cup at the beer/wine ticket booths for $5 and it includes (4) $1 sample tickets. Additional sample tickets are an option, and of course full beers are available for $5 per 16 oz. cup. Featured local brews include:
  

Click here to find out more about our beneficiary, FeedMore!

Click her for more info on the 2013 OFF Broad chef line-up!

2013 best dish winners (to be announced june 2 @ 4pm)

2012 best dish winners

The mouth-watering, and ultimately satisfying, the 2012 event ended with the Richmond magazine Best Dish Awards! Congratulations to our winners!

Richmond Magazine's "To Dine For" Main Dish Award 
Winner: Spoon's seared day boat scallop with charred corn, bacon lardon and tomato marmalade
Runner-up: Sticky Rice's pork belly steam buns

Richmond Magazine's "To Diet For" Dessert Dish Award
Winner: Culinard's blueberry sorbet with crystallized ginger cake and yuzu foam
Runner-up: The chocolate salted caramel layer cake by Shyndigz

Bon Secours' Healthy Dish Award
Winner: Sticks Kebob Shop for its tabouleh served with hummus

Ambiance Award
Winner: Tio Pablo

People's Choice Award
Winner: Lady N'awlins   Read more...

Broad Appetit is committed to reducing, reusing and recycling. We are Virginia Green certified and our green practices include:

• Providing all restaurants with compostable serving materials
• Composting of food wastes
• Manned eco-stations
• Recycling
• Use of recycled paper and soy-based inks, as well as a special eco font that uses less ink than normal fonts
• Double sided printing
• Eco-friendly signage and banners
• Green practices education through non-profit involvement

bravo!